Vadapalle

Vadapalle
Vadapalle
Village
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	Vadapalle Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Vadapalle Vadapalle (India)
	Coordinates: 16°49′07″N 81°48′43″E / 16.818673°N 81.812044°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema
Government
• Type	Local Body
• Body	Panchayat
Area
• Total	2.91 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,481
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	533237

Vadapalle is a village in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Atreyapuram Mandal of Ravulapalem revenue division. This village is famous for its temple with presiding deity Sri Venkateswara Swamy (also known as Yedu Sanivaramulu Venkanna).^[1] Every year lakhs of devotes visiting the temple from different states of India.

Pinapotu Gajendrudu built the Vadapalle Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in 1759. He donated acres of land and ornaments to the temple.

Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)

The following residents of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930). On the occasion of the Sri Venkateswara Swami Rathotsavam at Vadapalli, on 30 March 1931, along with the deity, a Tricolour flag and photos of Mahatma Gandhi, and some other national leaders adorned the car. This was objected by the Government officials, and when the procession was about to start, the Sub-Inspector of Razolu removed the portraits of the national leaders. People resented the act and refused to draw the chariot without the portraits. Over this issue, a riot broke out at Chinnavadapalli. Police arrested some people and lathi-charged others and the crowd retaliated by throwing stones and mud on the police. Police retaliated by indiscriminately firing on the crowd. Bandaru Narayanaswamy, Tatapati Venkataraju and Vadapalli Gangachalam died due to gunshot wounds.

References

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook – East Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. pp. 16, 414. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/pdf/Martyrs_Vol_5_06_03_2019.pdf

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[census-1] "District Census Handbook – East Godavari" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner. pp. 16, 414. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

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